Spectrum Computing

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=4101 - Evgeniy Milun, Samara, Russia, coder from Stas Of Keladan.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... abel_id=92 - Alexander Korolyov, Samara, Russia, coder from Stas Of Keladan.

Just for information: rules of cyrillic names transliteration are different in different countries. In 90-es many authors used transliteration without any rules.
That's why Evgeniy (modern) can be Eugene, Evgeny, Evgenij and so on.
Korolyov could be Koroljov, Korolev.

I'm not sure what to use for Alexanders. Alexander is basically Aleksandr in English.

Jet Ski Simulator isn't an "upgraded" version of Jet Bike Simulator. It's a budget re-release of the CodeMasters Plus "mid-price" release. It's missing all the Coasts courses of the original because it's only on one tape.


(left: Jet Bike Simulator, right: Championship Jet Ski Simulator)

Similarly, BMX Simulator 2 is the budget re-release of Professional BMX Simulator from CodeMasters Plus. This version has 10 circuits compared to the 15 on the double tape release.


(left: Professional BMX Simulator, right: BMX Simulator 2)

Some (minor) bugs from the last update.

Super Mario Bros 128K contains five worlds, not three.

The files marked as 'source code' from Time Blaster are not source code, but listing and symbol output files from SjASMPlus.

Here are some author role fixes via email from Pedro:

Varina: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34618
Mário Viegas - Game Design, Screen Art
Filipe Veiga - Graphics, Code
Pedro Pimenta - Music
André Leão - Beta Tester, Promoter, Manager (if none of these are choices, could Andre still be included but without a role)


Droid Buster: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34679
Ariel Endaraues - Game Design, Code
Pedro Pimenta- Music
Juan Antonio Fernandez - Screen Art


Moritz Strikes Back: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34680
Sebastian Braunert - Game design
Uwe Geiken - Art, Code
Pedro Pimenta - Music
Andy Green (2) - Screen Art

BTW, if and when it feels right to move to a new "little bugs 3" thread, could someone let Peter or me know.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10100 N. Novgorod (Russia) Is not an author, it's Nizhniy Novgorod, a city in Russia.
Authors are AGE & EGA (a group):
AGE - Andrey Yegorov
EGA - Grigoriy Yegorov
Both from Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:40 pm BTW, if and when it feels right to move to a new "little bugs 3" thread, could someone let Peter or me know.

We are ending the year, so, perhaps we can leave this thread a couple of months and then create a new one.

Both labels are Maksim Spiridonenko, Russia, Yekaterinburg.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=8713
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=13670

Both labels are Maxim Spiridonenko, Russia, Yekaterinburg.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=8713
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=13670


Maksim Titov, Russia, Krasnoyarsk. Part of TM'M Studio
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=8718


Maksim Vasilyev, Russia, Samara.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=8721

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=15202
Vladimir Hropov, Gomel, Belarus.

IMP is his alias:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=6262
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=6061

Dusk over Elfinton
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6236

The original release is listed as being Skyslip Software in 1986/1987
whereas the original release, as listed in the magazines and the inlay on file, was by Bandit Games in 1987. (The game is copyrighted 1986, but the inlay states 1987)

The Skyslip release came later. Magazine references seem to date that as about 1988. Note, Skyslip Software is originally referred to as Leisuretec in the magazine references (and other sources such as the Amstrad reviews) but they share the exact same postal address so are likely to be the same company.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10045
Mr. Beeper, Yuriy Zheltuhin , Ukraine

Same person:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10059
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10054
Nikolay Purtov, Mr. Nik, Russia, Novosibirsk.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=18503
Mr. Nut
Vladimir Korovin
Azov, Russia

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=8927
Magnetik, same as Maksim Magnetik.
Real name: Maksim Kryukov
Location: Rybinsk, Russia

Same person:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=8939
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=9474
Aleksandr Maksimov, Chelyabinsk, Russia

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=15739 MhM is Mayhem, group from Russia.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10539 - Oleg Moskalenko, Ukraine

MmcM should be credited for Nixy and the Seeds of Doom (music).

The date of release for Crystal of Chantie should be 1985 not 1987.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6117

Although the 1987 date matches the associated magazine review, it was advertised multiple times in magazine classified sections from 1985 onwards. (Some of which are already linked to the game's page).

e.g. Sinclair User, July 1985 (second entry down)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/mag.php ... 9&page=130

Furthermore, the author's own (archived) site says he wrote it prior to the other Pelagon Software titles.
https://web.archive.org/web/20141104060 ... /page3.htm

Presumably the 1987 on the loading screen corresponds with a specific re-release of the game, probably the edition that was reviewed in Your Sinclair.

[Edit: I've emailed the author to ask if there was an earlier edition of Chantie, perhaps programmed in a similar system to his other two games, before he made a version with GAC... That seems fairly likely to me and would explain the two dates.]

Returning to the Crystal of Chantie (mentioned above)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6117

The last download file in the list, as indicated below...

...seems not to be The Crystal of Chantie.

It seems to be The Crystal Cavern...
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=10753

The Hobbit 128K is mistitled "Hobbit 128" in the archive, so it doesn't show up if you search for "The Hobbit".

Enduro Racer (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=1628) has the comment "motorbike racing", pretty irrelevant, seems a leftover from and early indexation attempt or an import from another source.

Terrahawks by CRL.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index. ... &id=5193

It says the tie-in licence is from a TV show produced by Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burrs.

Is Burr instead:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrahawks

Sorry for being fusspot...

StooB wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:27 pm Similarly, BMX Simulator 2 is the budget re-release of Professional BMX Simulator from CodeMasters Plus. This version has 10 circuits compared to the 15 on the double tape release.


(left: Professional BMX Simulator, right: BMX Simulator 2)

Comments from old WoS indicate that Professional BMX Simulator is an enhanced version of BMX Simulator. Is this information wrong? It's only the enhanced version of BMX Simulator 2, correct?

Also it says the "BMX Simulator" series titles are BMX Simulator, BMX Simulator 2, Professional BMX Simulator. Do you think it would be better to swap the order of the last 2 titles, or remove one of them from the series?

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=18026
Miguel from Cyberpunks Unity (CPU group).
Mikhail Ershov, Russia, Rybinsk.